Australasia's top banks

Rank 99	Rank 98	Bank	Country	Fiscal period	Shareholder equity($m)	Equity growth (%)	Total growth($m)	Asset growth(%)	Net income($m)	Income growth (%)	ROAE (%)
1	1	National Australia Bank	Australia	1997/8	9,372	3.49	136,355	3.9	1,198	-25.1	14.2
2	2	Westpac Banking	Australia	1997/8	5,119	-13.33	75,498	-2.6	759	-18.5	15.2
3	4	Australia & New Zealand Banking Group	Australia	1997/8	4,988	-0.9	79,706	-10.8	663	-10.8	14.5
4	3	Commonwealth Bank of Australia	Australia	1997/8	4,226	-19.29	74,121	-10.6	681	-17	16
5	8	Colonial State Bank/State Bank of NSW	Australia	1998	2,369	69.53	30,579	38.2	446	37.9	24.2
6	5	St. George Bank	Australia	1997/8	2,250	-13.65	26,134	-19.2	133	-19.4	6
7	6	Suncorp-Metway	Australia	1997/8	1,114	-13.96	13,144	-11.4	143	27.8	13.1
8	10	Bank of Western Australia	Australia	1998/9	450	5.94	9,822	5.9	72	15.5	17.2
9	12	Macquarie Bank	Australia	1998/9	410	6.34	5,821	10.7	104	10.8	26.8
10	15	Banque Socredo	Tahiti	1998	170	10.07	1,477	4.7	5	-54.1	3
11	16	Adelaide Bank	Australia	1998/9	141	14.59	3,213	31.6	20	12	14.8
12	–	Banque Calédonienne d’Investissement	New Caledonia	1998	96	15.83	947	22	7	48.3	8.1
13	19	Bendigo Bank	Australia	1997/8	92	-11.37	1,945	-0.8	9	6.2	9.8
14	18	Bank of Queensland	Australia	1997/8	83	-20.78	1,620	-11.8	9	-14	11.1
15	20	Trust Bank	Australia	1997/8	78	-20.54	1,199	-16.2	7	-13.9	9.6
16	–	TSB Bank	New Zealand	1998/9	39	9.99	585	19.7	6	15.1	16.3
17	–	Bank of South Pacific	Papua New Guinea	1998	22	62.39	230	4.4	7	107.5	41.3
18	–	Pacific Commercial Bank	Western Samoa	1998	4	66.66	28	16	1	53.2	24.1

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